bottle
A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used…A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
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» We'd like another bottle of wine.
Wir möchten noch eine Flasche Wein. — Dejo
Мы хотели бы еще бутылку вина. — sharptoothed
Принесіть нам ще одну пляшку вина, будь ласка. — ascolto
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Examples
1374 sentencesWe'd like another bottle of wine.
Принесіть нам ще одну пляшку вина, будь ласка. — ascolto
ruМы хотели бы еще бутылку вина. — sharptoothed
deWir möchten noch eine Flasche Wein. — Dejo
Give me a bottle of wine.
Дайте мені пляшку вина. — Ahha
ruДайте мне бутылку вина. — al_ex_an_der
The bottle is filled with water.
Пляшка повна води. — aandrusiak
ruБутылка полна воды. — benutzer
deDie Flasche ist voll Wasser. — benutzer
Meaning
9 sensesA container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
Beer is often sold in bottles.
Flasche, Bouteille, Butëlle
буты́лкаbutýlka, фля́жкаfljážka
пля́шкаpljáška, буте́лькаbutélʹka
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
(UK, informal)(originally bottle and glass as rhyming slang for "arse") Nerve, courage.
You don’t have the bottle to do that!
He was going to ask her out, but he lost his bottle when he saw her.
Mumm, Traute, Schneid
(figuratively)Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
to drown one’s troubles in the bottle
to hit the bottle
Buddel
бутылкаbutylka, рюмкаrjumka, стаканstakan
More meanings 6
The contents of such a container.
I only drank a bottle of beer.
Flasche, Buddel
буты́лкаbutýlka
(attributive)A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
Did you know he’s a bottle brunette? His natural hair color is strawberry blonde.
A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
The baby wants a bottle.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete)A dwelling; habitation.
(UK, dialectal)A building; house.
(obsolete)A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.
Origin
From Middle English botel (“bottle, flask, wineskin”), from Old French boteille, from LateFrom Middle English botel (“bottle, flask, wineskin”), from Old French boteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask”). Doublet of botija.
From Middle English bottle, botel, buttle, from Old English botl (“building, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōþl, from Proto-Germanic *budlą, *buþlą, *bōþlą (“house, dwelling, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (literally “to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”).
From Middle English botel (“bundle (of hay)”), from Old French botel, ultimately related to modern French botte (“bundle”).
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Forms
plural: bottlesSynonyms
8 synonyms- the quantity contained in a bottle:bottleful
- a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children:feeding bottlenursing bottle
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
136 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- bottle of wine
- a bottle of
- bottle of beer
- three bottles of
- bottle opener
- a bottle opener
- opened the bottle
- bought three bottles
- whole bottle of
- bottle of red
- bottle with water
- opening a bottle
See also
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